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Grilled fish

Alexandria · Anfoushi / Corniche

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You pick your fish off the ice, they grill it, you eat facing the harbour.

4.4Ratingour own rating€€ Mid-range

The Alexandrian ritual in its purest form, and since 1950. At the door, the counter: sea bream, grey mullet, prawns, squid, landed that morning. You point, they weigh it in front of you, they quote the price per kilo, and the fish comes back charcoal-grilled with baladi bread, tahina salad, lemon and rocket. Nothing else, and it's perfect.

The extra bit

Ask for bouri (grey mullet) rather than sea bream: half the price, twice the flavour. It's what Alexandrians order.

Know before you go

Price depends on weight: have the total said out loud before cooking — the only real precaution to take. Cash preferred. No alcohol. Full at Friday lunch.

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Corniche, Anfoushi, Alexandria

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